Leah

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 August 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Sep 1869, 8:00 PM
21 Sep 1869, 8:00 PM
22 Sep 1869, 8:00 PM
23 Sep 1869, 8:00 PM
24 Sep 1869, 8:00 PM
25 Sep 1869, 2:00 PM

Program Details

This is the first of a ten-week engagement of Kate Bateman at Booth’s Theatre. Early announcements were in disagreement about which play would first be staged for the engagement (Mary Warner or Leah).

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Leah, the forsaken
aka Leah, a Jewish maiden
Text Author: Daly
Participants:  Kate Bateman;  George Clifford, Sr. Jordan;  Theodore [actor] Hamilton;  Blanche [actress] De Bar

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 08 September 1869, 5.

Announcement that Bateman has arrived on the steamship Russia and is engaged at Booth’s Theatre for ten weeks; she will open in the play Mary Warner.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 12 September 1869, 7.

Announces that Kate Bateman will begin her engagement with the play Leah, and that she will at some point also appear as “Mary Warner and Bianca” at some point in her ten-week engagement.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 September 1869, 12.

For Leah.

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 13 September 1869, 5.

“The sale of tickets for the earliest nights of Miss Kate Bateman, who succeeds Mr. Jefferson on Monday next at [Booth’s Theatre], commences to-day.”

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 September 1869, 7.
6)
Announcement: New York Herald, 19 September 1869, 10.

“…Miss Bateman, who is under a ten weeks’ engagement at this house, will be supported by a strong company, including Miss Blanche De Bar, Mr. Theodore Hamilton and Mr. George Jordan.”

7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 19 September 1869, 5.

Part of long paragraph announcing multiple forthcoming performances across the city. Brief.

8)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 September 1869, 7.

No mention of music.

9)
Announcement: New York Post, 20 September 1869, 2.

Long announcement praising Bateman.

10)
Review: New York Herald, 21 September 1869, 3.

Long and positive review including transcript of Bateman’s remarks to the audience after the performance. No mention of music.

11)
Review: New-York Times, 21 September 1869, 5.

Long and positive review; no mention of music.

12)
Review: New York Post, 21 September 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

13)
Review: New York Sun, 21 September 1869, 1.

No mention of music.

14)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 September 1869, 198.
15)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 October 1869, 206.

No mention of music.